DeBoer got his start out in Sioux Falls...
Love seeing these very successful coaches at lower levels being called up to bigger schools and doing well!
Another guy is the current head coach at Buffalo, who was at Wisc-Whitewater (DIII power). Buffalo just had a great season. If he keeps it up, he will undoubtedly get a shot at a P5.
I think you will eventually see Bob Nielsen (UMD-2 national championships, Western IL, current South Dakota coach) get a shot in P5.
Notwithstanding the NDSU to K-State freak hiring .... I don't doubt you per se, but think it will have to be a pretty tough path.
He would probably have to win the MVFC, and then the national title at USD, an extremely tall task against NDSU, SDSU, UNI, etc. And that would probably only get him a job like Bohl got at Wyoming. I still think Bohl could eventually get a K-State type shot, if he can win a bit more at Wyoming (which itself is a very tall task, CO St new stadium, Air Force is always tough, Utah St much improved, Boise St wins a lot, and a lot of improvement from Fresno and San Diego St).
In hindsight, Bohl (and Neilsen if he follows) should've gone for a MAC gig, if he wanted to try to land in the P5. Winning the Mountain West is just a tough deal, unless you're at Boise. But in the MAC, you can turn around a program and win, I think because there is so much coaching turnover in that conf.
I was thinking more of perhaps a coordinator position at a higher visibility program and build from there. But perhaps at Nielsen's age, you are a head coach or nothing, you just ride the HC thing where you are (unless you get canned and have no other choice).
Love seeing these very successful coaches at lower levels being called up to bigger schools and doing well!
It really is interesting to see who succeeds and who doesn't.
But in the MAC, you can turn around a program and win, I think because there is so much coaching turnover in that conf.
Good point. The MAC always seems to have the flavor of the year. Been going on forever.
I was thinking more of perhaps a coordinator position at a higher visibility program and build from there. But perhaps at Nielsen's age, you are a head coach or nothing, you just ride the HC thing where you are (unless you get canned and have no other choice).
So you give Rodd Smith absolutely no credit in the first half??? Gophers lose if not for an incredible int late 4th..Fresno had a terrible offensive game plan vs us last year. Hopefully he keeps that up when we play Indiana.
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So you give Rodd Smith absolutely no credit in the first half??? Gophers lose if not for an incredible int late 4th..
Fresno had a terrible offensive game plan vs us last year. Hopefully he keeps that up when we play Indiana.
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Fresno had a terrible offensive game plan vs us last year. Hopefully he keeps that up when we play Indiana.
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